Hannah Vanbiber

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Hannah Vanbiber

South Carolina may have gotten, to put it lightly, trounced by UConn in the championship game, but early ( way too early) consensus odds opened with the Gamecocks as favorites to reclaim their lost title in 2026. While traditional power rankings are giving the defending champs the top spot, the Paige Bueckers-shaped hole in UConn's lineup is likely what gave South Carolina the odds edge ... for now.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Hannah Vanbiber

Last Sunday, while accepting the best-actor equivalent award at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, Timothée Chalamet dropped a sports reference right into the middle of the gilded Hollywood room. "I'm really in pursuit of greatness," Chalamet said in his acceptance speech for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Lukas Weese |Hannah Vanbiber |Jason Jones |Dan Santaromita |Brandon Funston |Scott Phillips | +2 more

Last weekend, Kendrick Lamar won five Grammy awards for his song "Not Like Us," taking his total to 22.In the Super Bowl halftime show performance, Lamar insisted he wants to highlight rap as an art form.“I just think about the culture," Lamar said. “It’s always that for me, first, I'm not even bulls***ing. When people talk about rap, the conversations I hear they think 'it’s just rap', it’s not an actual art form. “So when you put records like ("Not Like Us") at the forefront, it reminds people… This is just as big of an art form and a genre as any other genre."

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Hannah Vanbiber

"'Cause you know I love the players / And you love the game," Taylor Swift belts in her 2014 number-one Billboard-Hot-100 single "Blank Space."And, in a classic case of love triangles, the game really loves her back. Dubbed the "Taylor Swift effect," the shimmeringly famous pop star's impact on the sports world has meant massive economic growth for the NFL, broadcast television, the Kansas City Chiefs - and sportsbooks.

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Hannah Vanbiber

One team is looking to make history. The other is looking to redeem history. On Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs sealed their spot in Super Bowl 59 and opened as 1.5-point favorites against the Philadelphia Eagles. KC is aiming to do what no team has ever done before: win three Super Bowls in a row. The Eagles are looking to make good on what went wrong two years ago: beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.Oddsmakers expect a close game, and fans can expect a raucous clash.